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ATING NAKALAP NGAYON MULA SA WEBSITE NG CPP-NPA-NDF O PARTIKULAR SA
NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC WEBSITE AY HINGGIL SA PAHAYAG NITO SA PANUKALA NI
PRESUMPTIVE PRESIDENT MAYOR DUTERTE SA HANAY NG CPP-NPA-NDF NA BIBIGYAN
NILA ITO NG PWESTO SA GABINETE SA KANILANG PULONG KAMAKAILAN LANG "In
meeting the press yesterday, Duterte said the CPP can be given four
cabinet posts to head the Department of Agrarian Reform, the Department
of Environment and Natural Resources, the Department of Social Work and
Development and the Department of Labor and Employment."
ANG PANUKALANG ITO AY BUKAS SA CPP-NPA-NDF SA ISANG ALYANSANG GOBYERNO
SA GANITONG PORMA NA ILAGAY AT PAMUNUAN NILA ANG LANG POSISYON SA
GABINETE AT ILANG MGA HAKBANGIN SA PAGAALYANSA. AYON SA CPP-NPA-NDF AY “An alliance or coalition between the Duterte regime and
the CPP and revolutionary forces can be realized on the basis of such
principles as national sovereignty and social justice, which are
questions at the core of the current armed conflict,” said the CPP.
“This include, among others, the need for genuine land reform,
industrialization and economic development, jobs, ending US troop
presence and many others.”

CPP to Miriam: NPA does not support Duterte nor any other candidate

The
Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) reiterated today that it does
not participate in the elections of the Government of the Republic of
the Philippine (GRP) nor does it endorse or support any of the
presidential candidate.The CPP issued this clarification in reaction to statements yesterday
by Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago that presidential candidate Davao City
Mayor Rodrigo Duterte is the “official candidate” of the New People’s
Army (NPA).“Contrary to Senator Santiago’s claims yesterday, Mayor Duterte is
not being endorsed nor supported by the Party or NPA,” said the CPP.The CPP also dismissed reports by the Armed Forces of the Philippines
(AFP) that NPA members in Samar are campaigning for Duterte. “These are
pure lies.”“Indeed, Mayor Duterte has espoused certain advocacies that strike a
chord among the Filipino people and their national democratic forces,
including calling for peace negotiations to address the roots of the
armed conflict,” pointed out the CPP.“Duterte has mostly styled himself an anti-crime crusader, a
socialist and radical in an effort to win over the people who long have
been disillusioned with the rotten ruling system,” notes the CPP.
“However, Duterte has also advocated such counter-progressive
neoliberal economic policies as expanding the public-private partnership
program, prohibiting unions and strikes, providing big bourgeois
compradors with state-guaranteed profits, liberalizing trade and
providing foreign investors with even more incentives,” added the CPP.